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Psalms 131

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David quiets his soul by comparing it twice to a weaned child with its mother—a remarkably domestic picture for a psalm that ends by addressing an entire nation.

A quiet soul, then a wider hopevv. 1–3

David begins with a refusal of hauteur: his heart is not proud, his eyes are not haughty, and he does not reach after matters too lofty for him. Then comes the psalm's tender oddity: the soul has been stilled and quieted, and is “like a weaned child with his mother,” a comparison immediately repeated, as though once were not quite enough. The final movement opens outward from David's quiet soul to Israel, summoned to put its hope in the LORD now and forevermore.

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Ps 131:1A song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
Ps 131:2Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
Ps 131:3O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, both now and forevermore.

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1 Romans 12:16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.
1 Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
2 Mark 10:15Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
2 1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
2 Psalms 43:5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
2 Lamentations 3:26It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
2 Psalms 42:11Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
1 Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
2 Matthew 18:3–4“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
2 John 14:1–2“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.
3 Psalms 130:7O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
1 Jeremiah 45:5But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”
1 Matthew 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
1 Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
2 Isaiah 30:15For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”
1 1 Thessalonians 2:6–7Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.

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